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Residents of an Ohio city that has been flooded with tens of thousands of migrants, mainly from Haiti, have been shocked by reports the newcomers are hunting and eating their pets and local wildlife like ducks and geese.
A Facebook post from a local community group for Springfield, Ohio has gone viral, after it warned residents to “keep a close eye” on their pets and on animals in public parks.
“Warning to all about our beloved pets & those around us!!!” the post begins.
“My neighbor informed me that her daughters friend had lost her cat. She checked pages, kennels, asked around, etc. One day she come home from work, as soon as she stepped out of her car, looked towards a neighbors house, where Haitians live, & saw her cat hanging from a branch, & they were carving it up to eat. I’ve been told they are doing this to dogs, they have been doing it at Snyder park with the ducks & geese, as I was told that last bit by Rangers & police. Please keep a close eye on these animals.”
Over 20,000 Haitians have arrived in Springfield since 2020, increasing the town’s population of 58,000 by over a third. The massive migration was part of a plan to save the city’s economy after the closure of vital industry in recent decades.
Local services, including schools and medical clinics, have been stretched to breaking point.
On Tuesday, The Daily Mail reported on “bubbling tensions” in the “dying” city and the fears of locals that they are being replaced by the newcomers.
“Bubbling tensions overflowed after a school bus crash caused by a Haitian immigrant veering into the wrong lane killed Aiden Clark, 11, on August 22 last year.
“He was thrown out the emergency exit as the bus rolled off the road, and crushed as the vehicle went over him. Another 20 students were injured.
“Angry residents used a July 30 council meeting to vent their feelings about immigrants moving into the town, making wild claims in their speeches.
“One vocal resident, local Republican committee member Glenda Bailey, claimed the Haitians were ‘occupying our land’ and had low IQs.
“’They have become the occupiers. What they’ve done is they’ve replaced the population in Springfield,’ she claimed, warning they would soon become the majority and kick everyone else out.”
